Winter Melon lowered her head slightly, her gaze gentle as she glanced sideways at Lin Luoyu, who sat opposite her.
Under her gaze, Lin Luoyu remained calm, though faint traces of wariness occasionally flickered across her face.
The only people traveling with her now were Watermelon, herself, and Lin Luoyu's junior brother. There was no need to say whom she was guarding against.
Surely she couldn't be guarding against Cui Hao, who was driving the carriage outside?
Someone filled with righteous integrity was different from a mere nice person. She was a tricky one.
When someone was wary, the thing to do was not bother them, especially not try to curry favor. Whether your intentions were good or bad, someone on their guard would see everything you did as preparations for whatever misdeed you planned.
The best strategy was to appear as harmless as possible.
Besides, she didn't really need to win Lin Luoyu's approval. She only needed to manipulate Cui Hao, and that somewhat loose-lipped fellow would approach his kindhearted senior sister.
Winter Melon withdrew her gaze and glanced at the young man reclining in the corner, with only half his body left.
The young man had one arm and one leg, and a small half of his abdomen had been sliced away as well. Leaning against the side with his eyes shut, he was doing his utmost to quell the extremely troublesome blood qi inside him.
Well, at least his life had been saved.
Watermelon really had risked his life to buy her a chance to escape. Someone willing to lay down his life for her in such a crisis would save her life again next time.
Right now, Winter Melon needed someone like that.
Winter Melon's contact with those above wasn't two-way, but one-way. Only those above